And This Is How The Donkey Of Knowledge

“And from this is the saying of Imām ‘Abdullah ibn al Mubārak regarding Ismā’īl ibn al ‘Ulayyah – May Allāh have Mercy upon them both – when he accepted a post of receiving sadaqah near (Harūn) Ar-Rashīd, where he (Ibn al Mubārak) wrote to him (ibn ‘Ulayyah) saying: